FDA Warns About Severe Worsening of Multiple Sclerosis After Stopping the Medicine Gilenya (Fingolimod)
The FDA has added a new warning to the Gilenya (fingolimod) label after identifying 35 cases where patients experienced severe disability following drug discontinuation. The worsening, which can occur 2 to 24 weeks after stopping treatment, often exceeds typical MS relapses and may lead to permanent impairment. Gilenya, approved for relapsing‑remitting multiple sclerosis in 2010, must now be tapered under close medical supervision. Healthcare providers are urged to counsel patients on the risks and monitor for rapid symptom escalation.
FAA Picks 8(a) Firm for $295M Technical Center Support Contract
Quecon, an 8(a) service‑disabled veteran‑owned firm, secured a potential $295 million, seven‑year Second Level Engineering Support contract for the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center. The award, selected from three proposals, covers a broad portfolio including engineering studies, system assurance, safety...
Today’s Android App Deals and Freebies: FrogBoy, Full Pipe, Afterplace, Mystic Vale, More
Google Play’s Thursday roundup featured over seventy Android games and apps discounted up to 80%, including titles like FrogBoy, Mystic Vale, and Full Pipe at $1. The list also highlighted deep discounts on board‑game adaptations and a range of free...
PNNL: Robotics and AI Power Biotechnology Advances
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has merged AI with high‑throughput robotics to speed microbial biotechnology development. Researchers adapted the open‑source BacterAI platform to model continuous growth‑boundary conditions, then paired it with a Tecan Fluent liquid‑handling system that can execute thousands of...
Zoho Books Review: Affordable, Easy-to-Use, but Is It the Best Choice in 2026?
Zoho Books is positioned as the top accounting solution for UK sole traders and micro‑businesses, highlighted by its completely free plan and intuitive interface. The platform offers six pricing tiers, scaling from a free tier to a £199‑per‑month Ultimate plan,...
HORIZON MICROTECHNOLOGIES COMBINES MICRO-AM WITH ADVANCED COATINGS FOR FUNCTIONALISED 3D MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES
Horizon Microtechnologies unveiled a micro‑additive manufacturing (micro‑AM) workflow that prints monolithic 3D microfluidic structures directly from CAD and then applies proprietary functional coatings. The process eliminates traditional bonding, lithography and assembly steps, delivering leak‑free channels, integrated microneedle arrays, and embedded...
U.S. Space Force Awards $446.8 Million Agreement to Kratos for MEO Missile Tracking Ground Segment
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded Kratos Technology & Training Solutions a $446.8 million Ground Management and Integration contract to build the command‑and‑control backbone for the Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking program in medium‑earth‑orbit. The agreement, structured as an...
DoorDash Deepens Retail Push with Foot Locker Partnership
DoorDash announced a partnership with Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker and Champs Sports, adding nearly 1,300 store locations to its Marketplace. Shoppers can now order sneakers, apparel and accessories through the DoorDash app for same‑day delivery. The deal ties the...
Homelab Projects to Try This Weekend (March 20 - 22)
Weekend homelab enthusiasts can boost productivity by deploying three open‑source Docker containers: Stirring PDF for free PDF editing, Planka for a self‑hosted Kanban board, and Glances for real‑time server monitoring. Each service runs locally, can be accessed via reverse proxy or...
Pulumi IAM Expands: Manage Access at Scale with Tags, Roles, and Teams
Pulumi has added three major IAM capabilities—tag‑based access control, team role assignments, and user role assignments—to its existing custom‑role framework. Tag rules let permissions be granted automatically when stacks, environments, or accounts carry matching tags, eliminating manual selection. Teams can...
12 Useful Gadgets Under $50 To Upgrade Your Smart Home
A new roundup highlights twelve smart‑home gadgets that each cost $50 or less, proving that comprehensive home automation no longer requires a hefty budget. The list spans essential items such as Kasa smart plugs and bulbs, an Amazon Echo Dot...
Thermaltake TR200 Mini Tower Delivers Mid-Tower Expandability Features
Thermaltake unveiled the TR200 mini‑tower series, blending compact dimensions with mid‑tower expandability. The lineup includes a mesh‑focused TR200 and a wooden‑slat TR200 WS, each offered in black and white. Despite its mini‑tower classification, the case accommodates up to 365 mm graphics cards,...
Why Treasurers Must Prepare for the BNPL “Regulatory Cliff-Edge”
The FCA will bring the £13 billion UK BNPL market under full regulatory oversight starting 15 July 2026, requiring lenders to conduct mandatory affordability assessments and provide standardized pre‑contract disclosures. A Temporary Permissions Regime opens from 15 May to 1 July 2026, after which firms must...
What the US Could Learn From Asia’s Robot Revolution
Asia is outpacing the United States in robot adoption, with South Korea boasting the world’s highest robot density—932 units per 10,000 manufacturing employees—and Japan expanding robots into service and care roles. Cultural factors such as shamanist reverence for inanimate objects...
NATO Tests Drone Interception Systems in Latvia
NATO launched its first testing, evaluation, verification and validation (TEVV) campaign for unmanned aircraft systems and counter‑UAS technologies at Latvia’s Sēlija Military Training Area from March 9‑13, 2026. The exercise gathered defense‑industry firms from NATO members, Ukraine, operational users and government officials...
Arctic Unveils Senza AI 370 Fanless Ryzen AI Mini PC
Arctic has launched the Senza AI 370, a fanless mini PC built around AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU, paired with 32 GB DDR5X‑8000 RAM, a 1 TB PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSD and Radeon 890M integrated graphics. The chassis acts as a passive heat sink, allowing the system to...
Critical Access Hospital Builds Epic Hub for Rural Providers
Aspen Valley Health, a Colorado critical access hospital, has become an Epic host for other rural providers through Epic’s Community Connect program. After abandoning a large‑system partnership in 2017, the hospital implemented Epic independently and now ranks near the top...
Ampere Expands European Cloud Footprint Amid Sovereign Cloud Demand
Ampere Computing is rolling out its Arm‑based AmpereOne and AmpereOne M processors across Europe, adding new cloud instances on hyperscale provider Oracle and regional players such as Scaleway, Glesys, CloudSigma, C41.ch and Hetzner. The expansion targets AI inference workloads, power‑limited environments...
Big Efficiency Gains Seen From Autonomous Trucking
Aurora Innovation released a Steer Group report showing autonomous freight already contributes $3.3 billion to the U.S. trucking sector and supports 17,000 jobs. The analysis projects the autonomous trucking segment will generate $70 billion of GDP by 2035, delivering $9.4 billion in annual...
Save $350 on the Cheapest RTX 5070 Ti Laptop with an OLED Display — Acer's Excellent Predator Helios Neo 16S...
Acer’s Predator Helios Neo 16S AI gaming laptop is now listed at Best Buy for $1,549, a $350 markdown from its regular price. The machine packs an RTX 5070 Ti GPU running at 115 W, 32 GB of RAM, a 1 TB SSD, and a 16‑inch...
Comtech Delivers First Set of Digital Modems to US Army
Comtech has delivered the first batch of Enterprise Digital Intermediate Frequency Multi‑Carrier (EDIM) modems under a $48.6 million U.S. Army contract signed in 2023. The units are still in development and will undergo final acceptance testing this summer before fielding. The...
Fast Simon Now Tells Merchandisers Which Products Are Successful, Overexposed, or Hidden Gems
Fast Simon has upgraded its e‑commerce optimization platform to deliver real‑time visibility into product performance, flagging successful items, over‑exposed listings, and hidden winners. The new module quantifies both short‑term conversion impact and long‑term opportunity costs across the entire catalog. Merchandisers...
Ringover Launches Ask Empower 2.0
Ringover unveiled Ask Empower 2.0, an AI assistant that can ingest and analyze every historical voice and video conversation on its platform, delivering concise briefs in seconds. The upgrade adds immersive call‑simulation training via Pitch Room and real‑time, contextual coaching through...
ContinuumGlobal Partners with Inbox Monster
ContinuumGlobal has teamed up with Inbox Monster to embed the latter’s email rendering and quality‑assurance tools into its Smart Marketing Engine. The integration lets marketers create thousands of personalized email variations and instantly preview how each will display across more...
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This Is Android’s New ‘Advanced Flow’ for Sideloading Apps without Verification, Includes One-Day Waiting Period [Gallery]
Google will launch a new Android developer verification system later this year, but power users can opt into an “advanced flow” that disables the verification requirement. The advanced flow adds a one‑day security wait, biometric or PIN confirmation, and a...
City Leaders Predict ‘Real Bad Trouble’ if FirstNet Isn’t Reauthorized
City leaders warned at the National League of Cities conference that a lapse in FirstNet’s authority could leave first responders without interoperable communications during disasters. The First Responder Network Authority, set to expire in February 2027, is backed by a...
Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space Plan Debris Removal Service
Portal Space Systems has teamed with Australian startup Paladin Space to launch a commercial orbital‑debris removal service. The partnership will mount Paladin’s Triton payload on Portal’s highly maneuverable Starburst spacecraft, which can change velocity by one kilometre per second. Scheduled...
Portal, Paladin Team On Debris Removal Service
Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space have formed a partnership to launch a Debris Removal as a Service (DRAAS) offering that can capture and dispose of 20‑50 pieces of orbital junk per mission. The solution combines Portal’s maneuverable Starburst spacecraft...
Could Data From 100 Million Species Help Cure Disease? One Startup Is Betting on It
Basecamp Research announced the launch of its Trillion Gene Atlas, a project to collect and model genomic data from over 100 million species, expanding known genetic diversity a hundred‑fold. Backed by $85 million in venture funding, the initiative partners with Anthropic, Ultima...
Your Desk Setup Is a Literal Pain in the Arm — I've Used the Logitech MX Vertical for Years and...
Logitech’s MX Vertical ergonomic mouse is now discounted by $40, selling for $79.99 at major retailers. The device’s natural‑hand angle design claims to cut muscle strain by 10% and reduce hand movement fourfold. Long‑time reviewer Sean Endicott praises its durability after...
LavaCon Content Strategy Conference Charlotte 2026
The LavaCon Content Strategy Conference will convene in Charlotte, North Carolina, from October 25‑28, 2026. Over 70 sessions and hands‑on workshops will explore content strategy, operations, technical communication, and a dedicated AI track. Attendees include senior content strategists, documentation managers,...
Qilimanjaro Announces SpeQtrum QaaS for Tri-Modal Quantum Computing
Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech unveiled SpeQtrum QaaS, a cloud‑based platform that grants remote access to a Barcelona data centre housing digital QPUs, analog fluxonium QPUs, and classical HPC accelerators. The tri‑modal architecture blends digital gate‑based processing with continuous‑dynamics analog computation to...
New FAA Protocol Addresses Helicopter, Plane Safety at Airports
The FAA issued a new safety directive that ends visual separation for helicopters and airplanes in Class B and Class C airspace, requiring radar‑based spacing after a deadly 2025 Blackhawk‑jet collision. Using AI analytics, the agency identified high‑risk mixed‑traffic airports and mandated...
Campus Networks Have a Security Problem. Huawei's New Solution Can Fix It.
Huawei introduced its Xinghe AI Full‑Scope Security Campus Solution at MWC26, aiming to transform campus Wi‑Fi from a connectivity utility into a comprehensive defense platform. The solution bundles four AI‑driven layers—connectivity, asset, spatial, and privacy security—featuring post‑quantum encrypted Wi‑Fi Shield,...
Helium-3 From the Moon: New U.S. Department of Energy Contract
Black Moon Energy Corp. has secured a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Isotope Program to supply lunar Helium‑3, marking a pivotal step toward commercializing the isotope. The company plans to scale production within eight years and will conduct...
How to Build an Effective Big Data Strategy
Smart organizations leverage big data to boost performance, but without a clear strategy they risk duplicated projects, compliance breaches, and wasted spend. The article outlines a four‑step framework—defining business goals, assessing data readiness, prioritizing use cases, and creating a flexible...
Where AI Can Make the Biggest Impact in Healthcare
Intel’s latest discussion highlights AI‑powered care navigation as a solution to fragmented patient journeys, especially for complex diagnoses. The conversation, featuring Digital Medicine Society CEO Jennifer Goldsack and Intel’s Alex Flores, underscores how legacy IT systems and data silos impede...
Eskom Must Build Renewables or Face Extinction: Mteto Nyati
South Africa’s state utility Eskom announced the creation of a dedicated renewables subsidiary, Eskom Green, as part of its unbundling strategy. Chairman Mteto Nyati warned that without new renewable capacity Eskom could disappear within decades, while emphasizing that coal and...
GIGABYTE's X870E AUROS Elite X3D Is Built to Be the Ultimate AMD Gaming Foundation
GIGABYTE has unveiled the X870E AORUS ELITE X3D motherboard, a high‑end AMD platform that bundles Radeon RX 9070 graphics, AI‑driven X3D Turbo Mode 2.0, and Zenith Memory Performance for DDR5. The board features an 8‑layer server‑grade PCB, full‑metal thermal architecture and Smart Fan 6...
Vodafone Says It's Boom Time for IoT
Vodafone’s IoT division announced it has surpassed 200 million connected devices, marking a doubling over five years. The company is rolling out satellite‑based IoT services through partnerships with Iridium and Skylo, promising seamless coverage for remote assets such as containers, cattle,...
STAT+: Novo Nordisk’s High-Dose Wegovy Approved in the U.S.
Novo Nordisk announced FDA approval of a high-dose formulation of its obesity injectable Wegovy in the United States. The approval was granted through a new FDA priority review voucher program, which Novo earned via a price‑cut deal with the Trump...
How Uncrewed Rotary Platforms Are Shaping Approaches to Contested Logistics
The defense sector is accelerating development of uncrewed rotary aircraft to support logistics in contested environments. Airbus leads the effort with its MQ‑72C, built for the U.S. Marine Corps Aerial Logistics Connector demonstration. These UAVs are derived from existing crewed...
As NYC Energy Code Enforcement Begins, Operators Face Decision on Pathway
New York City’s 2025 Energy Conservation Code enforcement begins March 30, making compliance mandatory for new construction and major renovations before a certificate of occupancy is issued. The code introduces stricter air‑tightness limits, mandatory duct‑leak testing, backup electric heating, and demand‑response...
Pentagon Seeks Anthropic Alternatives Amid $200M Contract Dispute
The Pentagon terminated its $200 million contract with Anthropic after the company demanded safeguards against mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, while the DoD insisted on unrestricted model access. In response, the Defense Department has moved to integrate OpenAI’s GPT and xAI’s...
DoorDash Launches a New ‘Tasks’ App that Pays Couriers to Submit Videos to Train AI
DoorDash unveiled a stand‑alone “Tasks” app that lets its 8 million couriers earn extra income by completing micro‑jobs such as filming daily activities or recording speech. The platform pays upfront rates based on task complexity, and the collected video and audio...
Intelligent Finance: From Digital Experiences To AI‑Orchestrated Financial Outcomes
Financial institutions are moving beyond digitized journeys and isolated AI pilots toward "intelligent finance," where systems understand intent, anticipate needs, and act on customers' behalf. This shift replaces assistive interfaces with autonomous, outcome‑driven financial assistants that reshape experiences, operations, and...
Top 10 E-Commerce Marketplaces in 2026
Amazon remains the clear U.S. marketplace leader with roughly $300 billion in third‑party sales, dwarfing eBay’s $39 billion and the next tier of platforms. Temu, TikTok Shop and Walmart have converged in a tight $15‑22 billion GMV band, each leveraging distinct supply‑chain, content...
How Gradient Labs Is Thinking About the Shift to Agentic Banking
At FinovateEurope 2026, Gradient Labs CEO Dimitri Masin outlined the industry’s move from mobile‑first interfaces to "agentic banking," where AI agents execute complex, judgment‑heavy tasks. He argued that traditional fintech apps still rely on large human back‑offices, creating friction for...
Robinhood Launches Social Platform For Trading, Markets Discussion
Robinhood has begun beta‑testing Robinhood Social, a social‑media platform for traders that lets users post trades in stocks, single‑leg options, crypto and prediction markets. The initial rollout reaches 1,000 carefully selected customers, with a plan to add 10,000 more in...
Nvidia Signals Comeback in China After Months of AI Chip Restrictions
Nvidia announced it has obtained several U.S. export licenses, allowing the company to restart production and shipments of AI chips to Chinese customers. CEO Jensen Huang said the supply chain is “getting fired up,” signaling a potential revival of a...